Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1887-12-11
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our regular correspondence

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3, 1887.
With the coming of Congress
comes the inevitable Office hunter,
and he is already here in full force.
There are scores here after position
in the reorganization" of the new
House, and hundreds that want
other places. The result will be
that ninety-nine out OF one hundred
will be disappointed. They will
hang about here for weeks and
months, in anticipation, until
they become disheartened and abb
solutely "dead broke" then borrow
money enough from their Congress
men to purchase ticket, and prob
ably leaving several little bills I'M
paid, start for home disguised and
swearing vengeance on the ad-
ministration. Hotels, boarding
houses, and merchants here have
learned pretty we'll how to rate
these fellows, and generally can tell
one Of them on sight, and demand
advance payment, yet they are Of
ten badly sold. OF course it is not
SO in a majority of cases, but they
80 frequently occur that an office
hunter is in extreme bad repute
here. I have never seen more
persistent crowd for place than is In
Washington at this time, and every
train brings in new ones. The
great majority of them are from the
Southern States, and one would
suppose from their persistent activi-
ty that they regarded this their only
and last chance.
Senator Allison, of Iowa, is an
able man and discreet politician.
The Republican party are proud OF
such spotless public men, and the
Presidential bee that is buzzing in
his head does not discomfort him.
A reporter of Democratic paper
sought to interview him the other
evening on this question, when the
Senator very politely said to him
that there need be no uneasiness IN
the Democratic party about this
matter, that when the time came
the Republicans would have can
didate, and a winning one, too.
That is the whole thing in nut
shell, and the reporter left with the
impression that he had met one
wise member of the Fiftieth Con-
gress, Many of them come here
with "interviews" already prepared
on prominent topics, and are ex-
ceedingly anxious to have some
newspaper man father their manu-
script. In my judg ment, more
than half the ..interviews" printed,
emenatlng from Washington, are
thus prepared and their publication
solicited, and in some instances
paid for.
The Commissioners appointed by
President Cleveland to investigate
the Pacific Railroad, are here pre-
parinp their report. That "investi
sation'' cost the Government 9
clean 800, 900, and literally
amounts to nothing, SO far as the
public is concerned. 1t gave three
men nice little job, however, I'M
der a ssreform administration.
MIR. Benedict has discharged from
the. Government Printing Ofhct
another squad of employees OF Re
publican proclivities, to make
place for applicants pressed by new
Democratic congressman, lie says
without any reserve that when thu
time comes for him to leave tina
office. there shall not be left a sin
gle Republican in that branch OF thu
service. No matter how skilful ant
competent the man or women ma,
be, they must go, and there places
he filed for mere partizan purposes
BENEDICT is using his place for al
it is worth.
Speaker Carlisle drives magnii
ficent span OF Kentucky bays. II
has named one Sam Randall, an